John LattaHomeCompetition at Work in Stimulus ProcessThe supply of more money for infrastructure projects from the stimlus package is apparently working just as the economics text books say it should. American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) says its President, Pennsylvania Secretary of Transportation Allen D. Biehler, told a House transportation committee this week that competition for stimulus projects […]January 10, 2010HomeA ‘Catch 22’ for states looking for infrastructure financeJoe Heller would appreciate this situation. Today’s New York Times runs with a story which includes one pundit’s recognition of a classic Catch 22 now facing states looking to find kick start money for infrastructure work. In the article Matt Fabian, director of Municipal Market Advisors an independent consulting firm, addresses a problem […]January 7, 2010HomeMore Stimulus ExplanationsI’m thinking you can’t have too many sites to help you try and make sense of the stimulus package. Here’s a useful one from the American Council of Engineering Companies.January 6, 2010HomeMica Questions Stimulus SpendingU.S. Rep. John L. Mica (R-FL), the Republican Leader of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, has questioned whether infrastructure stimulus funding is being used effectively to create jobs and provide the economic boost for which it was intended. The Committee held a hearing today to examine the status of transportation and infrastructure project […]January 6, 2010HomeSave Our BridgesMove on Tuesday of this week to change the way we build and maintain bridges. H.R. 1862, the Bridge Life Extension Act of 2009 was introduced by Texas Republican Michael Conaway and co-sponsored by Ohio Democrat Betty Sutton. National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) gives the bill its backing.January 6, 2010HomeDo It YourselfHere’s a story to get you moving. CNN reports it under the headline: Fed up residents repair road in 8 days – for free. Apparently these Hawaiian folk got tired of waiting and did the $4 million job themselves. Read on.January 6, 2010HomeThe Leaning Tower of RussiaWell, she’s not actually a tower, she’s a statue. The Motherland was completed in the 1960s, at the time the biggest statue in the world. It was 8,000 tons of concrete in the figure of a 300-foot woman commemorating the Russians’ defeat of Hitler’s Nazis at Stalingrad, the tide-turning battle of WWII. But it was never […]January 6, 2010HomeMay I have a word in your right ear?Are you having trouble getting people to do what you need them to do for you? A supervisor to move a project along a bit faster, someone in accounting to talk to someone in legal to sort out a problem. Maybe you are approaching them the wrong way. Or rather from the wrong side. Italian […]January 5, 2010RoadbuildingArticleJanuary 5, 2010RoadbuildingTexas considers messing with taxes (as ‘Bama prepares to mess with Texas)Texas joins in the “let’s maybe do something about the future of highway funding” movement by looking into vehicle miles travelled taxes, ooops, fees, no I mean charges. Check out the Houston Chronicle’s report on the idea. And a word about my headline. I know, it’s not original. But I have a friend who has a […]January 5, 2010Previous PagePage 39 of 43Next PageTop StoriesCompact ExcavatorsMecalac Rolls Out 12MTX Combination Wheeled Excavator-Loader-TelehandlerThe multi-purpose machine can perform digging, loading, and material handling tasks and run a variety of high-flow attachments.TelehandlersBobcat Unveils Electric Telehandler PrototypeSafety & ComplianceContractor Faces $394K in Fines After Worker Dies in TrenchWheel LoadersLiebherr Debuts World's First Large Wheel Loader with a Hydrogen EngineDozersHyundai Breaks into the Dozer Market with HD100
